Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Direction
Kubrick at his most Kubrick — obsessive, precise, maddening.
Cinematography
Every frame a painting you want to hang in a museum.
Practical Effects
Zero-G scenes that still look better than modern CGI.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Keir Dullea
Dr. David Bowman
Gary Lockwood
Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester
Dr. Heywood Floyd
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000 (voice)
Daniel Richter
Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack
Elena
Robert Beatty
Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Ed Bishop
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
Glenn Beck
Astronaut
Alan Gifford
Poole's Father
Ann Gillis
Poole's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke wrote the novel and screenplay simultaneously, constantly revising each other. They literally didn't know how the movie would end while filming.
The 'Dawn of Man' sequence was almost cut because MGM thought audiences would riot at 25 minutes without dialogue. They were wrong, but barely.
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by far the best trailer I've seen in ages.
@kywkyw6612 75
Remember guys, this film was released 50+ Years ago... When humans haven't landed on moon yet. When a full picture of Earth is not taken. When the word A.I is not a household term. When CGI wasn't even invented yet to be used. IMO, the world today was shaped on the basis of the vision presented by this movie. Was, is and always the Greatest Sci Fi Film, and In my list, one of the 3 films that changed cinema forever
@mollywoodshots6503 485
This movie was made 60 years ago and still looks better visually than anything ever made since, truly ahead of its time
@Benjamin-ml7sv 97
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